Mercy Killing in Relation to the Calling of a Christian Nurse

Mercy is that compassion which causes one to help the sick or the poor. Showing mercy is one of the cardinal virtues of a true Christian (James 2:1-13) and is one of the determinants of God’s treatment to us. Christian Mercy is a part of the fruit of the spirit (Gal. 5:22 and 23) made up in part of love, long suffering, gentleness and good­ness.1 Killing is the depriving of life. Premeditated killing is murder. All that mercy is, is essential to the call­ing of a Christian nurse. But of all...